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Justin Chart

Born: February 6, 1970

Captivating. Intriguing. Evocative. Just a few of the words that describe the experience of listening to Justin Chart's jazz albums. Chart gracefully and without inhibition bares his soul in his music, inviting us to join him in experiencing a depth of emotions. Sometimes the journey is slow and sultry, other times it's jaunty and irrepressible. What intrigues me is that each track is 100% improvised in the moment. Improvisation is obviously at the heart of jazz, yet jazz musicians typically start with a melody which they already know.

Chart takes improv to a new level. He selects a key and a tempo. Then it's instant creation by Chart and his band. What's even more amazing is that the synergy between Chart and his band makes the transitions between soloists seamless, creating music that sounds like it was coordinated in advance. That's what so intrigues me about his music. What does it take to be able to let yourself be so in the moment that you can compose on the spot while coordinating with such ease with the other members of the band? Obviously, it's much more than technical skill - which Chart and his band all express effortlessly. Justin Chart is an artist of intense vision.

Soul Scene

By Justin Chart

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Soul Scene 4:55; 2. Go To It 4:48; 3. She Comes in Wave 5:18; 4. Rainmaker 5:40; 5. The E in FREE 6:08; 6. Three or Six 6:12; 7. Sun Smiles Darkly 5:01; 8. Umbral 5:25; 9. Fever Dream 4:37;

Alto Avenue

By Justin Chart

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. It's All How Ya Take It 4:58; 2. Something' Like This Only Different 4:04; 3. Such Pleasure in My Treasure 3:43; 4. Blues Fuse 4:12; 5. Brilliance and Brightness 3:56; 6. New Keys, New Doors 4:03; 7. Take It 3:57; 8. Your Love is Where I am 4;01; 9. And Again 4:18; 10. The Duet 5:38;

Tall Trees

By Justin Chart

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Beauty in Blue Oak 4:39; 2. Glasper Puzzle 4:45; 3. Call Cannonball 3:20; 4. Mulberry 4:12; 5. Silver Maple 5:43; 6. Poplar 5:27; 7. Velvet Apple 4:29; 8. Wormwood 5:12; 9. Black Cherry 5:53; 10. Boojam 5:07; 11. Comes in Waves Branch 4:19;

ART

By Justin Chart

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Another Being 4:59; 2. Return to The Scarlet Jazz Room 5:04; 3. Sax on Top 4:31; 4. Melody for Manne 3:55; 5. You're a Diamond 4:40; 6. Golden Times 4:06; 7. The Blue Note 5:53; 8. Back to 52nd Street 4:24; 9. Tulsa Nights 4:58; 10. Hot and Bothered 4:21; 11. Feeling Fabled 5:31; 12. Feel it At 3 3:12;

Night Heat

By Justin Chart

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: Forward Face Grace; We Got Somethin Goin On; Notes to Myself; Scatter Good Seed in The Fields; Somewhat of A Character; Pearl Was; Bassment; Forthright; Calling Evans; Make The Grade.

Chillin'

By Justin Chart

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: 3:30 a.m 5:12; Trouvaille 3:48; The Spiral 3:49; So Many Vibes 3:56; Rudeneja 5:18; Pass The Flame 3:22; Near Noir 5:17; Mood is Bluest 4:35: Mauve 6:26; Inara 4:22; The Beauty in Blue 4:13;

Todays Tomorrow

By Justin Chart

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: 1. Nocturnal Taste Master 4:30; 2. Cha Ching Swing 4:33; 3. Diamond Sax 3:35; 4. Better Than Jazz 3:49; 5. Happy For Sure 3:51; 6. Mid Moment 4:29; 7. A Velvet Vortex 3:54; 8. Making Time 3:13; 9. My Point of True 3:49; 10. We All Disappear 3:25; 11. A New Set of Keys 4:46;

Justin Chart: Night Heat

by Hrayr Attarian
November 14, 2024

Saxophonist Justin Chart is known for his cinematic, entirely improvised, live sessions. A stalwart of the Los Angeles, and Southern California, jazz scene, Chart has several superb albums to his credit. His 2024 record, Night Heat, maintains the same level of sophistication and spontaneity. It is culled from two separate appearances with different sidemen and consists ...

Justin Chart: Keep The Blue

by Hrayr Attarian
March 8, 2024

Not all entirely improvised music necessarily embraces dissonance and atonality, however stimulating that may be. Saxophonist Justin Chart is famous for spontaneously creating entire sets, whether in the studio or in live settings, that are firmly rooted in mainstream sounds. His output is consistently cinematic and absorbing with a mysterious aura. His Keep the Blue is ...